Page 3 and I'm already smiling - the story behind the swordfish plushie is predictably adorable.
And yes - mom's using different lipstick and different makeup, and you can actually tell in the panel at the bottom of page 4, just because hiro is such a freaking awesome artist.
And there's hiro flexing his skills again at the bottom of page 8, with the eyes panel, and again at the top of page 9, with the girls in glasses.
Kao's smile!
Ah, and that whole flashback building up to the awesome panel of Komichi with the sunrise over the mountains in the background. Fucking-a hiro's an incredible artist.
And once again, we have a chapter in which not much actually happened, but it was all so sweet and so charming and so beautifully drawn that every page was a revelation. I truly love this manga.